Guidance on Integrating Climate Change and Biodiversity into ...

Annex 1: Further readingThe policy documents, reports and guidelines described below include both documents referred towithin this guidance and also other potentially useful sources of information to support the SEAprocess. This section includes only reference documents publicly available on the Internet. The tablebelow provides the title, hyperlink and short description of each source. The icons below are used todistinguish the different topics covered in the table.Key:Climate change Mitigation AdaptationBiodiversityEIAEnvironmental ImpactAssessmentSEAStrategic EnvironmentalAssessmentReference/further reading(links active as of March 2013)Comments on relevanceClimate change — generalImpacts of Europe's changing climate 2008 —indicator-based assessment (EEA, 2008)Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change(Cabinet Office - HM Treasury, 2006)Understanding Climate Change, SOER thematicassessment (EEA, 2010)UN Framework Convention on Climate Change(UNFCCC)• The main part of this report summarises the relevance, pasttrends and future projections for about 40 indicators coveringall aspects of climate change and impacted sectors. The reportalso addresses adaptation and the economics of climatechange impacts and adaptation strategies.• This review provides a contribution to assessing the evidenceand building understanding of the economics of climatechange. It first examines the evidence on the economicimpacts of climate change itself, and explores the economicsof stabilising GHGs in the atmosphere. The second half of thedocument considers the complex policy challenges involved inmanaging the transition to a low-carbon economy and inensuring that societies can adapt to the consequences ofclimate change that can no longer be avoided.• The report which provides an introduction to climate change,including scientific background, policy context, possible risksand impacts, policy actions and current targets and goals.• It provides information regarding the latest developmentsthrough the United Nations Conference of Parties (COP)process.• It includes links detailing international requirements (such asKyoto, Bali Action Plan, Copenhagen Accord and CancunAgreement) including likely developments.• Good source of supra-national GHGs data.Climate change — mitigationMitigating climate change, SOER thematicassessment (EEA, 2010)• The report summarising the EU’s progress towards GHGreduction targets.• It considers global and European trends in GHG and associatedchallenges.Climate change — adaptationAdapting to Climate Change, SOER thematicassessment (EEA, 2010)• This report is a good source of European climate changeimpact analysis; description and analysis of current andpossible future policy actions.<strong>Guidance</strong> on integrating climate change and biodiversity into SEA 51